Automatic feeder and discharge device for a centerless grinder mechanism



Oct. 4, 1960 w. J. DOERR 2,954,643

AUTOMATIC FEEDER AND DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR A CENTERLESS GRINDER MECHANISMFiled Oct. 22. 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet l IN VENTOR W/LL/AM J. DOE/QR Oct. 4,1960 w J DOERR 2,954,648

AUTOMATIC FEEDER AND DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR A CENTERLESS GRINDER MECHANISMFiled Oct. 22, 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

WILL/AM J. DOE/W? BY a g FIG. 2

06f. 1960 w J DOERR 2,954,648

AUTOMATIC FEEDER AI ID DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR A CENTERLESS GRINDERMECHANISM Filed Oct. 22, 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIG. 3

INVENTOR.

W/LL/AM J. DOE/QR BY 2 Z AWORA/EV Oct. 4, 1960 w. J. DOERR 2,954,648

AUTOMATIC FEEDER AND DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR A CENTERLESS GRINDER MECHANISMFiled Oct. 22. 1958 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FIG.

INVENTOR. W/LL/AM J. DOE/QR BY a United States Patent AUTOMATIC FEEDERAND DISCHARGE DEVICE 7 FOR A CENTERLESS GRINDER MECHANISM William J.Doerr, Fair Lawn, N.J., assignor to The Bendix Corporation, acorporation of Delaware Filed Oct. 22, 1958, 'Ser. No. 768,949

8 Claims. (Cl. 51103) This invention relates to an automatic feeder anddischarge device and more particularly to a device includ ing novelmeans for automatically feeding a round stock shaft or workpiece to awork-supporting blade for a grinding operation, together with novelmeans for discharging the workpiece from the blade upon completion ofthe grinding operation.

An object of the invention is to provide a noyel feeder and dischargedevice for a centerless grinder which may be of a type such as describedin US. Patent No. 2,851,828, granted September 16, 1958, to A. W, Toddet al.

Another object of the invention is to provide a feeder means for acenterless grinder in which workpieces are fed into and through a chuteto a point in an automatic feeder device at which the workpieces areheld by a stop pin which is in turn periodically released by theoperation of the mechanism of the device so that one workpiece at a timeis fed under force of gravity onto two arms arcuately movable by themechanism so as to carry the workpiece to a work-supporting blade for agrinding operation and in which arrangement there is provided a notchedregulating wheel continuously rotated in timed relation with the feederdevice so that upon completion of the grinding operation the regulatingwheel is so positioned that the notch in the regulating wheel isadjacent the work-supporting blade, whereupon the workpiece under therotary force of the grinding wheel is discharged into the notch in theregulating wheel which continues to rotate so that the regulating wheelultimately discharges the workpiece from the notch under force ofgravity into a receiving pan, whereupon the foregoing operation isrepeated with respect to another workpiece fed to the work-supportingblade by the aforementioned operation of the mechanism of the device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel mechanicalarrangement in which there are provided two hook-shaped arms forcarrying a workpiece, the arms projecting from a main operating memberpivotally mounted under spring tension and including a third armactuated bya cam surface. upon arcuate movement of the main operatingmember in one sense so as to impart a pivotal movement to the mainoperating member to cause the two carrying arms to release the workpieceat a work rest position between a grinding wheel and regulating wheeland thereafter the cam surface Another object of the invention is toprovide. in a centerless grinder of the aforenoted type a regulatingwheel notched along its width and so arranged in relamay be rotated soas to receivein the notchjthe work-Q piece upon completion of thegrinding operation.

tion to a work-supporting blade that the regulating wheel;

Another object of the invention is to provide in a centerless grinder ofthe aforenoted type a notched regulating wheel having an actuatingmember cooperating with operating elements of a releasable stop pindevice and a main operating member so as to effect the aforenotedworkpiece feeding and discharging operations in a predetermined timedrelation.

These and other objects and features of the invention are pointed out inthe following description in terms of the embodiment thereof which isshown in the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood, however,that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and are not adefinition of the limits of the invention, reference being had to theappended claims for this purpose.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of a centerless grinder embodying an improvedautomatic feeder and discharge device constructed in accordance withthis invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged back view of the centerless grinder of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of one side of the feeder device of Figure1 showing the operative mechanism.

Figure 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the opposite side of thefeeder device of Figure 3.

As will be readily understood from Figure 1, that the centerless grinderincorporating the features of the automatic feeder and discharge deviceof the present inven a spindle which is rotatably supported in a housing(not' shown) and covered by a guard 18. The entire grinding wheelassembly 12 is quite conventional and only so much of it is shown as isnecessary to show the relationship of the grinding wheel 16 to theregulating wheel assembly 14 including a regulating wheel 20, and it isdeemed unnecessary to show or to describe the grinding wheel drivestructure, the wheel dressing apparatus or the coolant system for thegrinding wheel or drive structure for the regulating or control wheel20.

In accordance with conventional practice, the grinding wheel assembly 12is fixedly or adjustabiy mounted on the bed 10 so that the grindingwheel 16 is disposed in generally opposed relationship to the regulatingor control wheel 20 forming a part of the regulating wheel assembly 14,and in further accord with conventional practice, there is shown byFigure 2, a work rest 22 mounted on the bed 10 between the said grindingand regulating wheels. A work-supporting blade 24 is secured to the workrest to support the work, as shown in Figure 2,

for engagement by the grinding wheel and the regulating wheel.

As thus far described, the centerless grinder is constructed inaccordance with known practice. The operation of the machine is alsoconventional and the grind ing wheel 12 and regulating wheel 29 rotaterespectively in downward and upward directions relative to the worksupportingblade 24, as indicated by the arrows in Figures 1 and 2.

The grinder is arranged for an automatic throughfeed operation in theprovision of the improved feeder and discharge device of the presentinvention. In the novel feeder device there is provided, as shown inFigures 1 and 2, a chute 30 carried by supports 32 and leading from aloading device of conventional type (not shown) into a slot 33 of thefeeder device 35. Worle pieces or round stock shafts 36 rest in thechute 3t) on previously machined shoulders of the shafts and are fedFatented Oct. 4, 1960 3;.- under force of gravity down the chute 30 intothe slot 33 of'the fcedcr device 35.

The feeder device 35 has an end plate 37 slotted at 3.9 for. receivingan. endof the chute.30. There. is afliiredit'orthe endplate 37 by: bolts41 a side plate. 43,, shown in Figure. 3, and by bolts '45. another?side plate 47, ,shownin Figure. 4.. The side plates: 43 ail-(1.47 have.outer arcuate edgesurfaces44and-46, respective1y,. -and= asshown in.FiguresZ. and 4, the.side platesv 43\-and 47 are secured in a spacedrelation one-to the other so as to form the slot. 33. in which the.workpieces 36 are slidably movable. under the. force, oft gravity alongthe outerarcuate edgesurfaces 44lands46r The side platesa43aandi 47'have tapered. lower endportions. 48 and-.49-arranged1 so as'tofitclosely; Betweenv the grindinguwheel lti andi regulating wheel 20with the. tapered end. portion '49.- extending slightly further.downward toward. the. blade 24'than the portion 48' so as to. guide-the:workpiece 36A toward the work rest blade 24, as, showminFigure 2:

The movement of the workpiece 36 in, the slot '33 is controll'ed,' asbest shown. in Figure. 2, by'arreleasable stop pin device 50' operatedby acammember'52 of the operatihg mechanism of'the device, ashereinafter eX-.- plained, so-as to feed onexworkpiece 36. at a timeontotwo l-IookT-shaped'members. S and 57 mountedrat thefree ends of arms 59and61,.respectively, so that the workpiece, as indicatedv by numeral36A,. under forcev of. gravity is guided by the arms .59 and 61- alongthe arcuate edge, surfaces 44 and 46Yandf to. the. Work rest blade-24between. the grinding Wheel 16andregulating wheel 20. In the last'mentionedoperation, .the. tapered. endsu48; and-i 49cooperate with thearms'59' and 61" in guiding the- Workpiece 36A into place on the workrestbladelik The operating mechanism for the feeder device. includes,asshown in Figure 1, a cam element. 63 afhired to the regulator wheelandrrotatably thereby i'n cooperating relation with actuating arm 65 ofthe. feeder device.

As shown in Figure 3, the actuating arm 65 is -pivotally mounted at'hubportion 67on a pin 68 projectingv from. the side plate 43' of the feederdevice and-has afiiired to. the. hub portion 67 an arm 69' operablyconnected so as to' adjustably position'the cam member 52'. As showninFigure 3", the actuatingarm 65"is biased by a spring 71'. connected atone end by abolt 73 to thesid'e plate 43' and atran opposite end 75to.the actuating arm. 65. The spring 7-1biases the arm 65 in acounterclock- Wisedirection about the pin 68. Movement of the arm 65under the biasing force of the spring 71 is limited by a stop pin 77.projecting from the side plate 43, while movement' ofthe arm 65 inanopposite clockwise direction about the pin 68 islimited by a.pin.79projecting from the cam member 5i, and. contacting when in a limitingrelation the outer. edge surface 44 of the side plate 43,..as shown.inFigure 2.

Afii'xeito the arm 65 is an additional arm.8'3 having mounted thereon anadjustable actuating; element 85' arrangedfor operative engagement withan arm 87initial ly positioned in spaced relation to theactuatingelement' 85, as bestlshown in Figures 1 and 3; The arm 87 isaffixed'to a shaft'91which projects through and ispivotal- 1y mounted'inthe endplate 37. At'the' opposite end oftheshaft 91 there is aflixedthereto 'a hub element 93; as shown in Figure 4'.

' The hub element 9.3' is-biased bya'spring element=95 in a clockwisedirection, as shown in Figure'42 The spring 95 has one end connected byapirr 9-7 to the end: member 37 while the. opposite end of the: spring95 isconnected-by a bolt 99 projecting .fromzthehubr 93.

Pivotally mounted. in the hub 93 is a main. control arm,101-.having-projecting therefrom: the arms 59; 61, and.103.. A: second spring.105surrounds the main-con troL. arm 101. and has. one. end. 107fixedxto. the hub 93 while, the opposite. end 109- of: the spring-105..is. affiiredin the maincontrol arm-101 so asto bias themain I 4 controlarm 101 in a sense causingthe projecting arm. 103 to operatively contactthe outer surface of the end plate 47, so as to thereby limit pivotalmovement of the main control arm 101 under the biasing force of the inFigure 4E. 'Fhe'cam elememillil mayrefl ect zupon such contactingengagementwith. the arm- 103 pivotal movement of the main control" arm101' against the biasing force of the spring 105 and a movement of thearms 59 and 61 in a direction away from the side plate 47.

As 'shownin Figure:4,- the-:hook-shapedend: 57 of the arm 61 projects:through anzarcuate: slot 116 formed in; the-side plate 47 and into theslot 33 so that-upon the. stop pin 50,- shown iniFigure 2, beingwithdrawn,,the; workpieces 36under forceofxgravity slidedown the:slot:'33 andalong-thearcuate edges44 and 46 so astopermit. the leadingworkpiece 36 to rest onthe-hook-shaped ends 55 and 57 of the-arms=59andw6-l respectively, shown in Figure =4;

The. stop-pin: device 5'0.istbi-asedzby a-spring-1'18; shown:inrdottedslines a in Figure 2, intowcontacting relation witht a camsurface 120 in the cam member 52. In the initial: positiomof the. cammember 52; shown in-[FiQguresiand 4, the. effective cam surface. 120 isdepressed sothat;v the stop pin device 50' is biased by the spring 118into a: release position in whichthe stop pin 1S'W1thdl2LWflSO that theleading workpiece. 36 rests, as aforesaii-ron the. the hook-shaped ends55 and '57.

Upon a movementof the actuating'arm 65 by the-- cam element 63 from'theaforesaid: initial position,.the. resulting movement of the cam-member.52 brings into operation a rise-in-the effective cam surface 120 whichacts in. cooperate. relation with the stop' pin- 50'so-as. to cause. thesame to be projected. into the slot 33.-to a: position limiting movementofthe next succeeding workpiece 36. Further. movement of. the actuating.armv65=in aclockwise direction does-not change the effectivecam surfaceand thereaftercauses the.arm: to operatively; engage the arm87,.whereuponstill further movement of. the actuating, arm.65 effects. amovement of the main. control arm 1.01: in anarcuate. counterclockwisedlI'GCT-- tion, as viewed in Figure. 4, until the hook-shaped ends 55and 57 of the arms.59 and 61 carry the one releasedworkpiece 36 acting.under force. of gravity. along the. arcuate edge surfaces. 44 and-46andto a positionadjacent the work blade 24 between the grinding wheel'lfiand regulating wheel 20.. Upon a furtherv arcuate-movement of the. maincontrol. arm 101 inthe. counterclockwwise direction. the. arm. 103.rides up upon the. surface.- of the. camelement 115.-efiectingapivotalmovement:ofthe main controlarm 101 inzopposition tothebiasing. force ofthe spring .105, whereupon .thehook-sha-ped ends. 55and 57 release theworkpiece,indicatedin. Figure Z by the numeral 3621;

Thereafter upon the. camv element 63. being rotated. so as to releasethe actuatin'g.arm.65,.the main control. arm 101 and attendant arms 59,61 and-103' are retracted. under tension of spring in an arcuateclockwise. di, rection, as viewed in Figurev 4, while the main. controlarm 101 and the arms 59, 61 and 103 resumetheihitial pivotal positionunder tension of. spring 105. upon arm. 103 being moved out ofcontactingrelation with the surface of cam element 115.

Similarly, as viewed in Figures 1 and 3,.upon thecam. element.63releasing.v the actuating arm 65;]the. arm. 65.. under tension ofspring71 moves in a counterclockwise: direction returning the cam member52" and'the camtsurface 1'20therein to the initialf position. Thereuponthe,

'stop pin device 50 under force of spring 118 is once again retracted soas to release the workpieces 36 and permit the next workpiece to rest onthe hook-shaped ends 55 and 57 of the arms 59 and 61, respectively.Thereafter, the feeding operation of the workpiece 36A to the grindingmachine is repeated upon the cam element 63 of the regulating wheel 20being rotated so as to once again operatively contact the actuating arm65, as aforesaid.

The regulating wheel 20 has a notch 125 along its width so arranged inthe regulating wheel 26 in relation to the cam 63 that immediatelybefore the cam 63 effects an actuation of the arms 59 and 61 so as tocarry the workpiece 36A to the work blade 24, the rotary movement of theregulating Wheel 29* positions the notch 125 adjacent the work blade 24whereupon the completed or processed workpiece 36B is deposited in thenotch 125 by the rotary force of the grinding wheel 16 on the workpiece.Thereafter, as viewed in Figure 2, the regulating wheel 20 continues torotate in the direction indicated by the arrow so as to carry thecompleted workpiece 363 in the notch 125 away from the work blade 24,while the cam 63 causes the arms 59 and 61 to place the next succeedingworkpiece 36A on the work blade 24 for processing by the grinding wheel16.

Additional rotation of the regulating wheel 20 in the direction of thearrow as viewed in Figure 1 positions the notch 125 so as to dischargethe workpiece 368 under force of gravity into a receiving pan 127, andthereafter the regulating wheel 20 continues to turn as indicated by thearrows in Figures 1 and 2 so as to once again position the notch 125adjacent the work blade 24,, whereupon the discharge operation isrepeated.

There is thus provided a mechanism for automatically feeding round stockshafts or workpieces into a centerless grinding machine so that one ormore previously machined diameters of the stock may be ground on eitheror both sides of a shoulder to a predetermined diameter and a mechanism.effective to thereafter automatically discharge each workpiece uponcompletion of the desired grinding operation.

In the device, the stock shafts or workpieces are fed into the chute 30and under force of gravity slide down the chute 30 resting on thepreviously machined shoulders of the stock shafts. The stock shafts arecontrolled by the pin device 54) operated by the mechanism in such amanner as to feed one stock shaft at a time onto the two carrying arms59 and 61 of Figure 4 which arms are controlled by the operativemechanism so as to carry stock shaft 36A to the work rest blade 24between the grinding wheel 16 and the regulating wheel 20, as indicatedin-Figure 2. Thereafter the arms 59 and 61 are retracted so as toreceive a new stock shaft.

Upon completion of the grinding operation, a notch 125 in the regulatingwheel 20 is rotatably positioned adjacent the work rest blade 24 so thatthe completed stock shaft 36B may be deposited therein, as indicated inFigure 2, and in turn carried for discharge from the slot 125 into areceiving pan 127, as indicated in Figure 1. After the regulating wheel20 has rotated the slot 125 past the work rest blade 24, the precedingoperation is repeated and the next succeeding stock shaft is in turncarried by the arms 59 and 61 to the work rest blade 24. The automaticfeeding operation of the stop pin device 50 and carrying arms 59 and 61are in timed relation with the discharge operation of the slot 125 inthe regulating wheel 20 through the arrangement of the cam 63 andactuating arm 65 of the operating mechanism.

Although only one embodiment of the invention has been illustrated anddescribed, various changes in the form and relative arrangements of theparts, which will now appear to those skilled in the art may be madewithout departing from the scope of the invention. Reference is,therefore, to be had to the appended claims for a definition of thelimits of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a mechanism of a type including a rotatable grinding wheel and awork rest blade for supporting a workpiece adjacent the grinding wheelso as to be ground thereby; means for feeding a workpiece to the workrest blade, comprising a chute for carrying a plurality of workpieces,releasable stop means to limit movement of the workpieces in the chute,a pair of movable arms, operating means to actuate said stop means so asto release a workpiece from the chute upon said arms being in an initialposition to receive said workpiece, means thereafter actuated by saidoperating means to arcuately move the arms from said initial position soas to cause said arms to carry the workpiece received from the chute tothe work rest blade, cam means effective during the arcuate movement ofthe arms adjacent said blade for pivotally actuating the arms so as tocause the arms to release and deposit the workpiece at the blade so thatthe workpiece may thereafter be ground by the grinding wheel, and othermeans for returning the arms to the in-' itial position after therelease and deposit of the work piece at the blade.

2. In a mechanism of a type including a rotatable grinding wheel and awork rest blade for supporting a workpiece adjacent the grinding wheelso as to be ground thereby; means for feeding a workpiece to the workrest blade, said feeding means comprising a chute for carrying aplurality of workpieces slidable therein under gravitational force, astop pin device for limiting movement of the workpieces in said chute,and feeder arms initially positioned adjacent the chute and arranged tocarry a workpiece from the chute to the work rest blade; operating meansfor the feeder arms, cam control means for actuating the stop pindevice, means operatively connecting the cam control means to saidfeeder arms, said connecting means being actuated by said operatingmeans to cause the cam control means to effectively position the pindevice in synchronism with the feeder arms so as to release a workpiecefrom the chute onto the feeder arms, said operatively connected meansbeing thereafter actuated by said operating means so as to cause the camcontrol means to effectively position the pin device so as to limitmovement of the workpieces in said chute while said operating meansthereafter positions the feeder arm-s so as to carry the workpiecethereon to the work rest blade.

3. The combination defined by claim 2 including other cam means renderedeffective to pivotally actuate said feeder arms upon movement of saidfeeder arms to a position adjacent said work rest blade and to therebycause said feeder arms to release the workpiece onto said work restblade, whereupon said operating means is thereafter eifective to actuatethe feeder arms so as to return to the initial position adjacent thechute and cam control means to position the pin device so as to releasea workpiece from the chute onto the feeder arms.

4. In a centerless grinder of a type including a grinding wheel, aregulating wheel and a work rest blade between the grinding wheel andthe regulating wheel; the improvement comprising a chute for carrying aplurality of workpieces, releasable stop pin means to limit movement ofthe workpieces in the chute, a hub element, a main control arm pivotallymounted in the hub element, a pair of feeder arms projecting from themain control arm, first operating means controlled by said regulatingwheel, said first operating means being effective to actuate said stoppin means so as to release a workpiece from the chute upon said feederarms being in an initial position to receive said workpiece, secondoperating means thereafter actuated by said first operating means undercontrol of said regulating wheel to rotate said hub element so as toarcuately move said control arm. from the initial position so as tocause said feeder arms to carry the workpiece received from the chute tothe work rest blade, cam means effective during the arcuate movement ofthe feeder arms adjacent said blade for pivotally actuating the controlarm relative to thehub element to cause the feeder arms to release anddeposit the workpiece at the blade so that the workpiece may thereafterbe ground by the grinding wheel, saidsecond operating means controlledby the first operating means and said regulating wheel so as to returnthe feeder arms to the initial .position after the release and depositof the workpiece at the blade, said first operating means beingeffective upon the return of said feeder arms to the initial position tosimultaneously actuate said stop pin means so as to release a secondworkpiece tosaid feeder arms, said regulating wheel having a slottherein periodically positioned lbytthe regulating wheel adjacent theblade for receiving the first-mentioned workpiece from the -blade afterthe first workpiece 'had been ground for -a predetermined ,period oftime, said regulating wheel thereafter controlling said first operatingmeans so as to arcuately move said feeder arms from the initial positionin such a manner as to cause said feeder arms to carry the secondworkpiece received from the chute to the work rest blade while saidregulating wheel continues to carry the firstworkpiece in said slot,said regulating wheel being thereafter rotated to a position at whichsaid slot discharges said first workpiece,

and means for receiving said discharged workpiece.

'5. An automatic feeder for a machine having a work treating stationwhich comprises an inclined feeder track having workpieces for atgravitydischarge, a hub element, a main control arm pivotally mounted in thehub element, swingable loader arms projecting from the main control arm,said loader arms having hook-like end portions to periodically receive aworkpiece from said feeder track, stop pin means to control thedischarge of the workpiece from the feeder track to the hook-like endportions of the loader arms, control mechanism to periodically rotatethehub element'in one direction so as to move theloader arms between thedischarge end of said track and said work treating station so as toconvey the workpiece to the work treating station, cam means to pivotsaidmain control arm relative to said hub element so as to cause saidhook-like elements to discharge said workpiece .at said treatingstation, a rotary conveyor means having a workpiece receiving portionperiodically positioned adjacent the work treating station of saidmachine .to move the workpiece after a predetermined period at the worktreating station .to a point of discharge, said control mechanismincluding means to rotate said hub element in an opposite direction so.as to swingably return the loader arms from the work treating stationto the feeder track for reloading, and means to drivingly connect saidrotary conveyor means to said control mechanism in such a manner as tomaintain a predetermined relation between the loading of the workpieceat the work treating station and the discharge ofthe workpiece from thework treating station.

6. The combination defined by claim 5 including means operativelyconnecting the control mechanism to said stop pinmeans so as to causethe stop pin means to be withdrawn to elfect the discharge of aworkpiece from the feeder track .to the loader arms upon the return of.the loader arms from the worktreating stat-ion to the .feeder track andthereafter bias the stop pin means to a position effective to preventdischarge of other of the workpieces from the feeder track duringmovement of the loader arms from the discharge end of the feeder track.

7. In an automatic feeder for a machine having a work treating station,and'workpiece supply means; the improvement comprising loader means toperiodically receive a workpiece from the supply means, said loadermeans including a hubelement, a main control arm pivotally mounted inthe hub element, auxiliary arms projecting from the main control arm,two of the auxiliary arms having hook-shaped members at the free endsthereof initially so positioned .as to receive a workpiece from thesupply means, operative means to arcuately move the main control arm soas to cause said two auxiliary arms to carry the workpiece at saidhook-shaped members from the supply means to the work treating station,a third auxiliary arm, a cam element contactable by the third auxiliaryarm upon said arcuate movement of the main control arm whereupon saidcam element causes a pivotal movement of the main control arm relativeto said hub-element so as to cause the hook-shaped members to releasethe workpiece carried thereby at the work treating station.

8. The combination defined by claim 7 including first spring means toarcuately bias said main control arm in opposition to said arcuatemovement, second spring means to pivotally bias said main control arminopposition to said pivotal movement relative to said hub element, andsaid operative means including driving means cooperating with said hubelement and said main control arm in such a manner that upon thehook-shaped members releasing the workpiece at the work treating stationthe main control arm is moved under the biasing force .of the first andsecond spring means in such a manner that the auxiliary arms areretracted to the initial position 'for reloading at the workpiece supplymeans.

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